Dad,
the one you called a shore lilly sure looks like an iris to me. I've heard them called "bearded ladies," and these purple ones sometimes smell like grape pop.

You can tell by looking at the roots, which are actually rhizome bulbs that grow on the surface of the soil. Sometimes they get infested with this nasty little worm. The only way to get rid of the worm is to dig them, cut the damaged parts off and then replant them in a different spot.

I might be wrong though..... Can't definitely tell without looking at them

I think you are correct in calling it an iris. Flags = iris._________________mwhite@wildblue.net
"The more nature you keep, the more nature you'll enjoy." and "It's not who is right, but what is right."

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These flowers have come out everywhere on Bois Blanc in the middle of July. If you get really close to the petals, you can see tiny black dots near or on the tips of those petals. They may be called weeds, but I think that they could be called pretty.

This flower is common on Bois Blanc. I have hunted for weeks to find what it is. I need help. It appears in June and is now going to seed in mid July. It is not a lettuce although the leaves look like wild lettuce. In the previous picture of the Ox-eye Daisies you can see this little yellow flower at the base of the daisies. Please excuse the dirty fingers. I had been working at the time.

I have been told that this is Canadian Lettuce. There are quite a few variations of it. In the composite family, a flower is actually composed of many flowers. There are the disk flowers and the ray flowers on the perimeter, like sunflowers. Dandelions are composite flowers with all rays. Composite flowers do not technically have petals.

The unknown flower presented pretends to have five petals. According to the expert, those are rays. So the little bugger is pretending to be a normal flower when in fact it is five flowers with one ray each. Confusing!

As to its full name, I am still hunting. It may have a Latin name and no common name. So, I propose that we call it bob-Lo Lettuce. Any objections?

The real name has been found. It is Wall Lettuce._________________mwhite@wildblue.net
"The more nature you keep, the more nature you'll enjoy." and "It's not who is right, but what is right."

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I have been told that this is Canadian Lettuce. There are quite a few variations of it. In the composite family, a flower is actually composed of many flowers. There are the disk flowers and the ray flowers on the perimeter, like sunflowers. Dandelions are composite flowers with all rays. Composite flowers do not technically have petals. Most of the Canadian Lettuce flowers look a lot like a dandelion flower with many rays.

The unknown flower presented pretends to have five petals. According to the expert, those are rays. So the little bugger is pretending to be a normal flower when in fact it is five flowers with one ray each. Confusing!

It appears to be a variety of Lactuca canadensis of the Aster Family [Composites]

As to its variety name, I am still hunting. It may have a Latin name and no common name. So, I propose that we call it bob-Lo Lettuce. Any objections?

The real name has been found. it is Wall Lettuce._________________mwhite@wildblue.net
"The more nature you keep, the more nature you'll enjoy." and "It's not who is right, but what is right."

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For those who would like to see boblo lettuce, go to the post office. In the space between the building and the front of the cars where everyone parks is an area full of it. I have also noticed it under the maples out at Sand Bay curve. So it can grow in sun or shade._________________mwhite@wildblue.net
"The more nature you keep, the more nature you'll enjoy." and "It's not who is right, but what is right."

Mike - We have a lot of wild plants that look similar down here in Iowa - very similar flowering - most of ours belong to the mustard plant class - There are a lot of variations of those - Could be all together different though!!_________________47 years in a row driving 600 miles to get here!!!

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